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Ambassador Christos Zacharakis delivered the Second Annual Margarita Samourkas Lecture on the History of Cartography on Wednesday, February 22nd entitled “Sacred Cartography and Greek Lands.”
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Dimitry Levidis Papers: Electronic Catalog Available
October 05, 2011
The catalog for the musical scores of composer Dimitry Levidis (1886-1951) is now available electronically through the American School's web page.
Kostis Palamas Letters on Display
October 04, 2011
Professor Agne Vlavianou Arvanite has donated to the Archives of the Gennadius Library a small number of letters from poet Kostis Palamas to Nikos Fandrides, as well as books given to Fandrides by Kostis Palamas.
Gennadeion Newsletter for Spring 2011 Now Online
July 07, 2011
The issue of Gennadeion News for Spring 2011 was recently published and distributed to all members and friends of the Gennadius Library. Read the issue online and in color.
New Exhibition Showcases 130 Years of the Academic Program
June 15, 2011
Photos and documents—both illuminating and amusing— from the American School’s academic program are on display in the Basil Room of the Gennadius Library through September 30th.
Gennadius Library Lecture and Reception at Greek Consulate in New York, May 12, 2011
May 25, 2011
Ambassador Aghi Balta, Consul General of Greece in New York, hosted an event on May 12, featuring a lecture by Dr. Maria Georgopoulou, Director of the Gennadius Library, entitled Venice and Byzantium after 1204, at the Greek Consulate, followed by a reception.
Videocast: 30th Annual Walton Lecture
April 07, 2011
On March 29, Sir Michael Llewellyn Smith, King’s College London, presented "Kings, Princes, and Powers: Venizelos and Dilemmas of National Revival" in Cotsen Hall.
Exhibition “Abraham Ortelius’ Greece. Maps from Margarita Samourka’s Collection”
January 27, 2011
Exhibition in the Basil Room of the Gennadius Library
Schliemann’s Archaeological Diaries Now Available
January 20, 2011
Thanks to funding from the Institute for Aegean Prehistory, Schliemann's archaeological diaries (A 12, A 13, A 14, A15, and A 18) are now available electronically in the Archives.
Videocast: Working in Cotton, Metal and Fayence: Ottoman Artisans in the Early Modern Age
January 06, 2011
On December 14, 2010, Suraiya Faroqhi, prolific author and currently professor of history at Istanbul's Bilgi University, delivered a riveting lecture on crafts, textiles and guilds in the Ottoman Empire. Watch it here.
Videocast: Exiles in Pisa, 1821. Mavrokordatos the Shelleys and the Greek Revolution
January 04, 2011
Roderick Beaton, Professor at King's College, London delivered this presentation on December 8 in Cotsen Hall as part of the Gennadeion's lecture series. Watch it in full here.